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Members of the graduating class of 2010 at the P.A.C.E. Head Start program look to the crowd during a graduation ceremony at Reed Green Coliseum on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi on May 25. Close to 400 graduated from the program that gives children a head start to early education. Ryan Moore/Hattiesburg American/AP

Cadets react after a commencement and commissioning ceremony at the U.S . Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Saturday, May 22, where President Barack Obama spoke. Mike Groll/AP

President Barack Obama gives the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Saturday, May 1. Charles Dharapak/AP

Actor Antonio Banderas is seen before being awarded a doctor honoris causa degree by the University of Malaga in Malaga, Spain, on May 5. Sergio Torres/AP

Dan Brennan of Cambridge, Mass., carries a sign that he carried during a peace march in Washington D.C. in 1969 as he marches with fellow members of the Boston University Class of 1970, who's commencement ceremony was held May 16, 2010, 40 years after their graduation. Boston University canceled commencement exercises in 1970 in the wake of the shooting deaths of 4 students by National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio. Josh Reynolds/AP

Members of the Secret Service stand guard as US Attorney General Eric Holder delivers the keynote address during Columbia Law School's graduation ceremony on May 14, in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP

Attorney General Eric H. Holder fist bumps Courtney Ferraro, 21, who received her Bachelor's degree in Environmental Analysis and Policy, at the Boston University Commencement, May 16. Holder delivered the commencement address, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of law. Josh Reynolds/AP

Charles Hightower plays the bagpipes as he leads Spring Commencement graduate candidates toward their afternoon ceremonies for Auburn University at Montgomery in Montgomery, Ala. on May 15. Lloyd Gallman/Lloyd Gallman/AP

Former US President Bill Clinton makes a point during his commencement address at West Virginia University on May 16, in Morgantown, W.Va. Clinton delivered the commencement address to about 1,000 graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. Dale Sparks/AP

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice commencement ceremony on May 17, in Philadelphia. Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, graduated with a Master of Social Work. Charles Fox/AP

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during commencement exercises at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., on May 15. Tony Avelar/AP

Police officers celebrate after their graduation at the Police Academy in Bogota, Colombia, on May 14. William Fernando Martinez/AP

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during George Washington University's commencement ceremony on the National Mall in Washington on May 16. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

An aide to President Barack Obama carries a sapling from the Emancipation Oak tree past Marine One on the tarmac of Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, May 9. The plant was given to Obama as a gift, after he gave the commencement speech to the class of 2010, which he said will be planted in the gardens of the White House. Jason Reed/Reuters

Kelly Schuberth (l.) and Adam Ladwig, both Journalism graduates at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. dance to the song 'In the Mood,' after their graduation ceremony, May 7. Cliff Grassmick/The Daily Camera/AP

In this photo released by Mississippi State University, Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr., speaks at MSU's morning commencement program in Mississippi State, Miss., on May 1. Russ Houston/AP

Singer Aretha Franklin waves to the audience after receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Music during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on May 24. Jessica Hill/AP

Actor Alec Baldwin waves at the graduates during New York University's commencement ceremony on May 12, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice processes into the stadium at Johnson C. Smith University's class of 2010 spring graduation ceremony on May 2, in Charlotte, N.C., where she was to give the commencement address. Rice's father, John, was a JCSU alum. Laura-Chase McGeehee/The Charlotte Observer/AP

Hazel Soares, 94, gets her picture taken with some of her classmates before the start of commencement exercises at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., on May 15. Hazel received a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Soares is believed to be the world's second oldest person to graduate from college. Tony Avelar/AP

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at commencement exercises at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Ark., on May 8. Danny Johnston/AP

Graduates listen to President Barack Obama give the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on May 1. Charles Dharapak/AP

In this April 30, photo, University of Vermont bookstore employee and college freshman Nicole Walker, 19, models a graduation cap and gown made of recycled materials next to the store display showing that 23 water bottles equal one cap and gown in producing the graduation day attire. Academic apparel manufacturers are jumping into the market with 'green' options, ranging from disposable gowns that decompose quickly in soil to gowns made of recycled plastic bottles that can be reused or recycled. Alden Pellett/AP

Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, addresses graduates at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York on on May 16. Sotomayor addressed the graduating class at St. Lawrence University on Sunday after receiving an honorary law degree. Her niece, Kiley Anne Sotomayor, was participating in the school's 150th commencement, graduating with a psychology degree. Lance Wheeler/AP

Left to right: Nathan Dunn, Amy Lee, Jamie White Mountain, Moria Kasto and Bunni Rae Shoyo, graduates of United Tribes Technical College listen to speakers with 114 other graduates on May 7, in Bismarck, N.D. Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune/AP

A student with "Hire Me!" written on her cap is seen during George Washington University's commencement ceremony on the National Mall in Washington, on May 16. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Civil rights pioneer William T. Coleman Jr. stands to acknowledge the ovations as he was awarded an honorary doctorate of Law during the Boston University Commencement ceremony on May 16. Josh Reynolds/AP

Bruna Bambini, an International Relations student, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, used her mortar board to thank her parents and the web site Wikipedia as she receives her degree during the Boston University Commencement ceremony, on May 16. Josh Reynolds/AP

CEO and Chairman of General Electric Jeffrey Immelt addresses the graduating class at Boston College's commencement in Newton, Mass. on May 24. Adam Hunger/Reuters

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Chilean authorities had issued an orange alert on Monday because of increased activity at the volcano.

ByEva Vergara and Gabriela Ulloa, Associated PressMarch 3, 2015

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One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people.